From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 18 12:32:16 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4FFBDB5E; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 12:32:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3CF662E69; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 12:32:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s6ICWGbu042545; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 12:32:16 GMT (envelope-from wblock@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from wblock@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) id s6ICWGgJ042544; Fri, 18 Jul 2014 12:32:16 GMT (envelope-from wblock@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201407181232.s6ICWGgJ042544@svn.freebsd.org> From: Warren Block Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 12:32:16 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r45337 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 12:32:16 -0000 Author: wblock Date: Fri Jul 18 12:32:15 2014 New Revision: 45337 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45337 Log: Add more markup around man page references. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-04-2014-06.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-04-2014-06.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-04-2014-06.xml Fri Jul 18 12:17:32 2014 (r45336) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2014-04-2014-06.xml Fri Jul 18 12:32:15 2014 (r45337) @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@

The so-called "CUSE4BSD" has been imported into the base system of &os;-11. CUSE is short for character device in - userspace. The CUSE library is a wrapper for the devfs(8) + userspace. The CUSE library is a wrapper for the devfs(8) kernel functionality which is exposed through /dev/cuse. In order to function, the CUSE kernel code must either be enabled in the kernel configuration file or loaded separately as @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@

There is also ongoing work on improving CTL functionality. It was already made to support three of four VMware VAAI storage - acceleration primitives (net/istgt supports 2), while the goal + acceleration primitives (net/istgt supports 2), while the goal is to reach full VAAI support during next months.

With all these improvements, and earlier improvements in CAM, GEOM, ZFS, @@ -608,13 +608,13 @@ added UEFI support to the &os; installer and release image creation script.

-

The EFI framebuffer requires the vt(4) system console — +

The EFI framebuffer requires the vt(4) system console — a framebuffer driver is not implemented for the legacy - syscons(4) console. Ed added automatic vt(4) selection to the + syscons(4) console. Ed added automatic vt(4) selection to the UEFI boot path.

Snapshots are now built as dual-mode images, and should boot - via BIOS and UEFI. Our plan is to merge the UEFI and vt(4) + via BIOS and UEFI. Our plan is to merge the UEFI and vt(4) work to stable/10 to appear in &os; 10.1-RELEASE.

@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ be included in &os; 10.1.

Work continues on the Foundation-sponsored autofs automount - daemon, UEFI boot support, the updated vt(4) system video + daemon, UEFI boot support, the updated vt(4) system video console, virtual machine images, and the Intel graphics driver update. Foundation-sponsored work resulted in 226 commits to &os; over the April to June period.

@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ drivers that implement peripheral drivers and SIMs for CAM MMC. The plan is to use a modified version of BeagleBone Black SDHCI controller driver for SIM and a modified version of - mmcsd(4) as a peripheral driver. + mmcsd(4) as a peripheral driver. Marvell SDIO WiFi: connect to the &os; network stack, write the code to implement required functions (such as @@ -1067,13 +1067,13 @@ on the L4OpenBSD code. Improve the port, the first task being adopting the - pmap(9) module to work with L4 microkernel memory allocation + pmap(9) module to work with L4 microkernel memory allocation services. - pkg(8) + <tt>pkg(8)</tt> @@ -1115,21 +1115,21 @@ - The main pkg(8) git + The main pkg(8) git repository. The preferred - place to raise bug reports concerning pkg(8). + place to raise bug reports concerning pkg(8). -

pkg(8) is the new package management tool for &os;. It +

pkg(8) is the new package management tool for &os;. It is now the only supported package management tool for &os; releases from 10.0-RELEASE, including the upcoming - 9.3-RELEASE. pkg(8) is available on all currently supported + 9.3-RELEASE. pkg(8) is available on all currently supported releases. Support for the legacy pkg_tools is due to be discontinued at the beginning of September 2014.

-

The release of pkg(8) 1.3 is imminent. This includes major +

The release of pkg(8) 1.3 is imminent. This includes major improvements in the dependency solver. Now we can:

    @@ -1156,13 +1156,13 @@ a selection of "foreign" package repositories, such as CPAN or CTAN or PyPi.

    -

    There are plans to use pkg(8) to package up the base system. +

    There are plans to use pkg(8) to package up the base system. Along with other benefits, this will allow writing a universal installer: download one installer image and from there install any available version of &os;, including snapshots.

    -

    We are also intending to use pkg(8) within the ports tree at +

    We are also intending to use pkg(8) within the ports tree at package-build time to handle fulfilling build dependencies. This opens the possibility of installing build-dependencies by downloading binary packages, which means you can install @@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@

    We were generally short on time this quarter. We made less progress than expected on all fronts.

    -

    The alternate pkg(8) repository, built with WITH_NEW_XORG, is +

    The alternate pkg(8) repository, built with WITH_NEW_XORG, is now available. This alleviates the need for users to rebuild their ports with WITH_NEW_XORG. See the announcement, linked above for further information.

    @@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@ -

    Extensive testing of tmpfs(5) using the stress2 kernel test +

    Extensive testing of tmpfs(5) using the stress2 kernel test suite was done. The issues found were debugged and fixed.

    Most of the problems are related to the bugs in the